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An illustration of the proposed Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park issued by the Obama Foundation in 2017. A judge heard arguments today on a city motion to toss a parks advocacy group’s lawsuit that argues the project violates laws barring development in lakeside parks. – Obama Foundation via AP

Lawsuit means Obama center plan no sure thing

Odds may still favor the eventual construction of former President Barack Obama’s $500 million museum and library in a public park along Chicago’s lakeshore, but it’s no longer a sure thing in the face of a formidable legal challenge by a parks-advocacy group.
By Michael Tarm
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Lawsuit: Power outage at Brooklyn jail a ‘crisis’

A weeklong power failure at a federal detention center in New York City spawned a humanitarian crisis that left inmates shivering in the dark and without access to visitors on some of the coldest days of the year, advocates said in a lawsuit filed Monday.
By Larry Neumeister and Michael R. Sisak
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Abortion case shows Roberts at court’s center

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. broke with the Supreme Court’s other conservative justices and his own voting record on abortion to block a Louisiana law requiring abortion providers to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital.
By Mark Sherman

Trial Notebook

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Old reasons didn’t block new defense

Relying on the “mend the hold” doctrine — as broadly articulated by the Illinois Supreme Court in 1912 — Izumi Saika and Mohammad Shakibai argued that Ocwen Loan Servicing should be barred from asserting a defense it did not mention before they sued the company for allegedly breaching a loan modification agreement.
By Steven P. Garmisa

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Blackhawks center Michal Handzus is surrounded by teammates after scoring the game-winning goal in Game 5 of the 2014 Western Conference finals against the Los Angeles Kings. Roughly around this same moment, a patron at Kinkade’s threw a beer bottle at the ceiling.
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An illustration of the proposed Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park issued by the Obama Foundation in 2017. A judge heard arguments today on a city motion to toss a parks advocacy group’s lawsuit that argues the project violates laws barring development in lakeside parks.
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Lawsuit means Obama center plan no sure thing
Broward County Public Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie speaks before the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission in November. The 15-member Florida state commission issued a report in January after meeting for nine months to investigate the Feb. 14, 2018, high school massacre’s causes. AP Photo/Brynn Anderson
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Florida school shooting’s criminal, civil cases creep forward
Gov. J.B. Pritzker delivers remarks commemorating Abraham Lincoln’s birthday at the 16th president’s tomb in Springfield’s Oak Ridge Cemetery on Tuesday. On the day marking 210 years since Lincoln’s birth, Pritzker talked about how Lincoln’s legacy shapes his approach to the state’s modern political challenges.
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Pritzker gets political on Lincoln’s 210th birthday
Rob Karr, president and CEO of the Illinois Retail Merchants Association, addresses reporters during a press conference Monday in Springfield about his organization’s opposition to Senate Bill 1, a bill that would raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025. IRMA says the proposal could cause layoffs, closures and other consequences, and instead advocated for a lower wage for the city, suburbs and downstate Illinois. Capitol News Illinois photo/Jerry Nowicki
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Retailers want minimum wage set per region